Gordon Brown has again ruled out a boycott of the Beijing Olympics, saying even the Dalai Lama opposes such a move. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Apr 2008 | 2:55 pm
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) -- The White House said Saturday it does not expect President Bush's weekend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to produce a deal for a missile defense system the U.S. wants to place in Europe.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 5 Apr 2008 | 2:01 pm
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Armed police prevented opposition lawyers from entering Zimbabwe's High Court on Saturday to lodge an urgent suit aiming to force the publication of presidential election results.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:55 pm
AP - Armed police prevented opposition lawyers from entering Zimbabwe's High Court on Saturday to lodge an urgent suit aiming to force the publication of presidential election results.
An Iraqi priest is killed in a drive-by shooting by unidentified gunmen near his home in Baghdad. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:53 pm
The first of our colleagues to actaully finish the game is Rob Taylor, deputy editor of Xbox World 360 magazine, and below he tells us (as best he can) what it feels like to be the first person to finish GTA in the world. Lucky bastard. . . Source: Digg | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:50 pm
AP - The White House said Saturday it does not expect President Bush's weekend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to produce a deal for a missile defense system the U.S. wants to place in Europe.
Reuters - Talks between U.S. President George
W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to
head in the "right direction" and lead toward signing of a
"strategic framework," the White House said on Saturday.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he is the winner of the presidential poll and a run-off is unnecessary. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:44 pm
BEIJING (AP) -- Police fired on hundreds of protesters in a Tibetan area of western China, killing eight people, overseas activist groups said. State media reported one government official was seriously injured in what it called a riot.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:40 pm
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he never has sought the spotlight, instead living by his parents' axiom of achieving success by keeping his head down and working hard.
Brian Cowen is confirmed as successor to the departing Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:31 pm
Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he never has sought the spotlight, instead living by his parents' axiom of achieving success by keeping his head down and working hard. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:29 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENT) Development-related ministers of the Group of Eight nations agreed Saturday to strengthen official development assistance to Africa and Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:14 pm
An Iraqi man speaks to a US soldier and his masked translator in Baghdad. A translator working with the US military in Iraq has been charged with stabbing another civilian contractor and will be tried... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:10 pm
(Kyodo) _ An Air Canada flight with 201 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing Saturday afternoon at Kansai International Airport due to landing gear trouble, which was... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:06 pm
Two of opera's venerated statesmen captivated the crowd in a Zurich staging of "Tosca," despite imperfect performances by the orchestra and title role. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:01 pm
A supporter of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), hangs party flags on a tree at Pharping village on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Nepal's government has begun air patrols and deployed thousands of police... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:59 pm
Nepal's King Gyanendra and Queen Komal "unofficially" taking part in a religious ceremony lat year. Nepal's government has begun air patrols and deployed thousands of police nationwide ahead of key polls... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:59 pm
PARIS (AP) -- France's military is keeping close tabs on a French luxury yacht seized by pirates off Somalia's coast, and officials hope to avoid using force to free the 30 crew members, the prime minister said Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:46 pm
France's military is keeping close tabs on a French luxury yacht seized by pirates off Somalia's coast, and officials hope to avoid using force to free the 30 crew members, the prime... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:46 pm
An Uighur ethnic minority man stands near a statue of Uighur farmer Kurban Tulum, left, and Mao Zedong, right, shaking hands in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Saturday, April... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:41 pm
South Africa beat India by an innings and 90 runs in the second Test at Ahmedabad to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:41 pm
Reuters - A Zimbabwe court postponed a legal bid
by the opposition to force the release of presidential election
results on Saturday, after the electoral commission asked for
more time to prepare its response.
HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwe court postponed a legal bid by the opposition to force the release of presidential election results on Saturday, after the electoral commission asked for more time to prepare its response.
AFP - French President Nicholas Sarkozy stepped up the pressure on China Saturday over its handling of the Tibet crisis by warning he may boycott the Olympic opening, following fresh violence.
(Kyodo) _ Ken Terauchi, who will compete in the Olympics for the fourth time in a row this summer in Beijing, won the men's 3-meter springboard for the sixth consecutive year at the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:29 pm
A family walks past Pope Benedict XVI during pontiff's meeting with youths in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, in this Thursday, April 6, 2006 file photo. The Pontiff calls abortion and divorce "grave... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:24 pm
US President George Bush celebrated Nato's expansion into former communist territory on Saturday and urged further enlargement. Mr Bush highlighted differences with... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:24 pm
(Kyodo) _ Yuki Hiraoka won his third straight title in record-setting fashion in the men's 94-kilogram class at the national weightlifting championships Saturday. Hiraoka hoisted 155... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:22 pm
On Wednesday, McCain's campaign told CNN that the Arizona Senator's medical records would be released May 15th. Trouble is, they previously said they'd be released April 15th, and they've refused to turn the records over to the New York Times on at least 3 occasions. Source: Digg | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:20 pm
A civilian contractor working in Iraq has been charged under U.S. military law, officials said on Saturday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:19 pm
AP - Kevin Love likes watching videos of classic basketball games nearly as much as the UCLA freshman likes playing in them. He's seen a tape of the 1973 NCAA championship game, when Bill Walton and the Bruins played Memphis and calls it "very special."
AP - After getting the bad end of his own ax in a fight, a bloodied villain limps alone in a stark desert. Mathieu Amalric stumbles to the red, rocky ground. "CUT!" rings loudly from the set of the 22nd James Bond film.
AP - How much can one state take? In the past two months, Arkansas has suffered through a tornado outbreak that killed 13, a foot of snow, a foot of rain and near-record flooding.
A forklift, decorated with a French flag, removes the sign bearing the name of the community at the entrance of the village of Champagne, Switzerland, Saturday, April 5, 2008. The Swiss wine-growing community... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:14 pm
Lewis Hamilton bounces back from his crash in Friday practice to qualify in third for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, with Robert Kubica on pole position. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
Hopes that Heathrow's Terminal 5 could return to a normal schedule have been dashed after further problems with the baggage system. Airport operator BAA said a software problem... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:11 pm
How much can one state take? In the past two months, Arkansas has suffered through a tornado outbreak that killed 13, a foot of snow, a foot of rain and near-record flooding.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) The approval rating for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has plunged 6.8 percentage points since mid-March to 26.6 percent, the lowest level... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
French Army Commandos of the 13th Demi Brigade of the Foreign Legion based in Djibouti, seen during a military exercise in 2003. Pirates who seized a French luxury cruise yacht and its 30-member crew in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:04 pm
Pirates who seized a French luxury cruise yacht, seen here, and its 30-member crew in the Gulf of Aden were headed for their Indian Ocean lair off Puntland, northeast Somalia, local officials have said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:04 pm
A fishermen looking at his nets in Somalia's Puntland state. Pirates who seized a French luxury cruise yacht and its 30-member crew in the Gulf of Aden were headed for their Indian Ocean lair off Puntland,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:04 pm
China has taken a significant step in meeting Pakistan"s military needs with the completion of a militarily important naval frigate as part of an $800 million deal.
Three men have been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with conspiracy to supply up to 20 million of heroin. Harminder Chana, 30, of Upton Park, East London;... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:01 pm
Steve Sinnott, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, has died, the union said. In a statement, a spokeswoman said his death early on Saturday was a "tragic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:01 pm
A Serb supporter holds a picture of Bosnian Serb wartime leader and genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic, as Serb ultranationalist leader Tomislav Nikolic addresses hundreds of his supporters waving Serbian... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:58 am
ZAGREB (Reuters) - President George W. Bush assured Macedonia on Saturday that the United States wants it in NATO as soon as possible, along with other former Yugoslav republics.
"Women and minorities, in particular, are even further removed from the exciting opportunities in technology. Our culture convinces them at ever younger ages that science and engineering are not in fact for them. For many kids in this media age, literally all of their role models come from the worlds of entertainment and sports." Source: Digg | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:40 am
In an unusual move, the Justice Department sued Fox Broadcasting Co. and another broadcaster Friday to collect $56,000 in fines for the broadcast of a raunchy reality show in 2003 that included scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties. Source: Digg | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:37 am
From eggs raising cholesterol to cold weather giving you a cold, Health magazine busts the biggest health myths out there. Source: Digg | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:36 am
US President George W Bush pays tribute to Croatia's democracy during a speech in Zagreb. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:16 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A Christian priest was killed in a drive-by shooting and a bomb exploded on a minibus, killing at least four passengers Saturday in separate attacks in Baghdad, police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:08 am
Jonny Hogg visits the Comoros Islands where warmth turns to fury as people accuse the French of helping their rebel leader escape. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
Peter Day says India's traditional bazaars and their sensory assault course are here to stay, despite an invasion by huge superstores. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:05 am
The revolt by Argentina's farmers has reopened old divisions in Argentina, says
Daniel Schweimler. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
President Bush celebrated NATO's expansion into former communist territory on Saturday and urged further enlargement, highlighting differences with Moscow.
An outspoken female Afghan lawmaker who was kicked out of parliament says she has hired a lawyer and is fighting back. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Apr 2008 | 10:42 am
Japan's foreign minister urged the Group of Eight industrialized nations to step up assistance to Africa and other impoverished regions as talks on development aid opened Saturday amid a worldwide economic downturn. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Apr 2008 | 10:40 am
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it would press ahead with plans to expand its nuclear program, after diplomats in Vienna said Tehran was installing advanced centrifuges in its key uranium enrichment plant.
A civilian working for the U.S. military in Iraq was charged with aggravated assault under military law, the first such prosecution since the Vietnam War, the U.S. command said Saturday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Apr 2008 | 10:36 am
A French minister sets three conditions for President Sarkozy's presence at the opening of the Beijing Games. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Apr 2008 | 10:27 am
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas authorities said on Friday that they were investigating a potential child-abuse case at a ranch operated by followers of a breakaway Mormon sect linked to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
Having a husband creates an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, tying the knot saves an hour of weekly chores. Source: Digg | 5 Apr 2008 | 10:08 am
Over the last five weeks, Hillary Clinton of has featured in her speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care by an Ohio hospital because she could not come up with a $100 fee. Turns out, she was never refused treatment and that she was, in fact, insured. Source: Digg | 5 Apr 2008 | 10:07 am
People's performance on intellectual and athletic tasks is shaped by awareness of stereotypes about the groups to which they belong. New research explains why— and how we can break free from the expectations of others. Source: Digg | 5 Apr 2008 | 10:06 am
Kaku Yamanaka, Japan's oldest person, has died of old age in central Japan, officials said Saturday. She was 113. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Apr 2008 | 10:04 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles married on Friday in New York, People magazine reported on its Web site, citing an unidentified friend of the couple.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States military announced on Saturday it had charged a civilian contractor in Iraq under U.S. military law for the first time.
How much can one state take? In the past two months, Arkansas has suffered through a tornado outbreak that killed 13, a foot of snow, a foot of rain and near-record flooding. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Apr 2008 | 9:55 am
Britain is suffering from an epidemic of family breakdowns affecting all levels of society from the Royal family downwards, one of the country's most senior judges will say today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Apr 2008 | 9:40 am
A stabbing attack this week on four guards at one overcrowded state prison and a racially sparked brawl at another mark the type of violence that guards, inmates' attorneys and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have been worried about for years. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Apr 2008 | 9:31 am
Kevin Love likes watching videos of classic basketball games nearly as much as the UCLA freshman likes playing in them. He's seen a tape of the 1973 NCAA championship game, when Bill Walton and the Bruins played Memphis and calls it "very special." Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
Four people were killed in Haiti when demonstrators protesting the high cost of living clashed with security forces, a local official said on Friday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Apr 2008 | 8:09 am
DANBA, China (AP) -- It was just after nightfall when three journalists were stopped at a police checkpoint on a winding, rutted road in China's western Sichuan province - territory that had become out of bounds for the foreigners.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 5 Apr 2008 | 7:58 am
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (AP) -- One of Quebec's most historic buildings collapsed in a massive fire that raged into Saturday morning, authorities said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 5 Apr 2008 | 7:16 am
Thousands renew oaths in honor of Brent Allen Lovrien, who was fatally injured in blast.
Brent Allen Lovrien took an oath, reciting it almost 11 years ago, that he would "faithfully serve the city of Los Angeles in the discharge of my duties as a firefighter to the best of my knowledge and ability, so help me God."
The comedian, more subdued than in his usual public appearances, tells the courtroom about hiring the private eye when a woman claimed she was pregnant with his child.
Looking like he was headed to the dentist's office for a root canal, Chris Rock walked into a packed L.A. courtroom Friday in a dark suit and blue shirt to testify about his dealings with private detective Anthony Pellicano.
They've earned more than $109 million and paid 31% of it in federal taxes this decade, their tax records show.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's family has amassed enormous wealth this decade, pulling in more than $109 million through books, speaking fees and investments, according to tax returns released Friday by the Clinton campaign.
Child welfare officials investigate a complaint that girls may have been abused at the YFZ Ranch, built by the sect led by jailed self-styled prophet Warren Jeffs.
State troopers sealed off a polygamist compound in a remote stretch of Texas on Friday, and child welfare officials removed 52 girls after a complaint that a 16-year-old had been physically and sexually abused, authorities said.
Believed to be the mother of a baby found in Santa Ana, she is taken into custody in Nevada after a brief standoff with U.S. marshals.
A woman believed to be the mother of a dead infant girl found Monday in a Santa Ana yard was arrested in Henderson, Nev., by U.S. marshals after a brief standoff, police said Friday.
Unemployment rises to 5.1%, signaling that weakness in the financial sector and housing are spreading.
With the government reporting the third straight month of job losses Friday and wages lagging behind inflation, the problems that originally centered on housing and financial markets now appear to have spread through almost every segment of the economy.
The survival rate is much higher among mice that go without food before chemo -- and they don't suffer the side effects of the other surviving mice with cancer. A human trial is planned.
Starving mice for a few days before chemotherapy treatments protected their healthy cells from damaging side effects, offering a possible way to shield cancer patients from the debilitating hair loss, nausea and anemia that now plagues the treatments, researchers reported Tuesday.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Four people were killed in southern Haiti when demonstrators protesting the high cost of living clashed with security forces, a local official said on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have made $109 million since leaving the White House, including $51 million in speech income for Bill Clinton, according to eight years of tax records released on Friday.
The media business is challenged the world over, but nowhere more than in the United States. Enter a uniquely American saviour, Sam Zell, a man who doesn't care what's on the front page. As long as it makes money
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The head of the International Olympic Committee said on Saturday that Beijing's poor air quality will not endanger the health of athletes competing in the games in August, but it may affect their performance.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- France asked the Venezuelan president for help Friday with a hurried mission to free an ailing hostage held by Colombian rebels, but Hugo Chavez said he can't do anything unless Colombia and the U.S. back off their hunt for a guerrilla leader.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 5 Apr 2008 | 5:15 am
Quick: Name Western U.S. city most vulnerable to a terrorist attack. L.A.? Seattle? Nope. It's the land of potatoes. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Apr 2008 | 5:09 am
Many of the organizations that helped propel the civil rights movement are now struggling -- or gone. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Apr 2008 | 5:01 am
With oil money flowing and public commitment growing, Calgary is hell-bent on becoming Western Canada's cultural hub. As it prepares to host Sunday's Juno Awards, movers and shakers from the arts community tell Marsha Lederman: The city's time is now – or never
In Quebec's Magdalen Islands,
Ingrid Peritz finds a people bound to the sea for survival – and unfazed by its ability to devour those that ply its floes
A suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people at a funeral for a murdered Sunni police officer in Iraq's Diyala province. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has suspended all raids against Shiite militias.
Child welfare officials and state troopers have removed a busload of children from a secretive Texas religious retreat built by polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
Low-cost carrier Skybus Airlines said Friday that it was ceasing operations on Saturday, calling itself a victim of rising jet fuel costs and a slowing economic environment. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Apr 2008 | 2:17 am
SAN ANTONIO - Texas authorities said today that they were investigating a potential child-abuse case at a ranch operated by followers of a breakaway Mormon sect linked to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
No arrests had been... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Apr 2008 | 1:23 am
BEIJING - A tiger devoured a mentally ill man who entered the animal's zoo cage in northeast China, local media reported today.
Zhang Yachun disappeared from his home in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, on March 24... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:30 am
ZAGREB (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin will try to ease strains over missile defense and NATO expansion and polish their legacies at a farewell summit on the Black Sea starting on Saturday.
LONDON (AP) -- In chilling videos shown to a jury Friday, men accused of plotting to bring down jetliners over the Atlantic called for revenge for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and praised Osama bin Laden.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:21 am
LONDON - Six Britons accused of plotting to blow up at least seven transatlantic airliners recorded martyrdom videos saying the attacks would be revenge for the US invasion of Iraq, a London court has been told.
Prosecutors said... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:07 am
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party was today preparing to reject a presidential run-off, claiming it had won the election and calling for international intervention to avert bloodshed. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Concern is mounting that violence may disrupt the Olympic torch relay through London after pro-Tibet campaigners claimed eight people have been shot dead by Chinese security forces. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Zimbabwe's main opposition party has appealed for the UN to step in to prevent violence ahead of a possible presidential run-off campaign. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Pro-Tibet campaigners have claimed that eight people were shot dead by Chinese security forces as trouble flared on the eve of the Olympic torch arriving in London. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Vladimir Putin yesterday told Nato that it would become a "direct threat" to Moscow if it expanded further east. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Two women have been released on bail after their arrest in connection with the alleged kidnap of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews, who was found in a dingy flat 24 days after she disappeared. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
MELBOURNE - Thousands of Victorians will still be without power this weekend, as the struggle continues to restore services in the wake of Wednesday's wild storms.
About 20,000 of the 420,000 homes whose supply was knocked out... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:20 pm
On Friday, the Clintons released their tax returns since the year 2000. The documents show that the couple earned most of their money from book deals, speaking engagements and former President Bill Clinton's business partnerships.
Robert Mugabe unleashed his most feared thugs on the streets of the Zimbabwean
capital yesterday in a very public show of force as his party’s leadership
united in a last-ditch bid for him to stay in power. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:01 pm
Ministers have begun a review of London NHS property in a move that could lead
to the sale of some or all of the capital’s biggest hospitals to raise
billions of pounds for new projects. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
Attacks on nuclear power stations, oil and gas terminals, Canary Wharf and
Heathrow’s control tower were being considered by leaders of the plot to
blow up seven transatlantic airliners in mid-flight, a court was told
yesterday. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
Fears that tomorrow’s Olympic flame relay through London could be disrupted by
violence intensified after it emerged that eight Tibetan protesters had been
shot dead by Chinese police. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 4 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
In the twilight of their presidencies, Bush and Putin seem to be trying to smooth things over for their successors. After Friday's NATO meeting in Bucharest, the White House said Putin's tone was constructive. On Sunday, the two presidents meet in Russia.
Tax returns released by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Friday show that she and former president Bill Clinton have earned more than $109 million since 2000, nearly all of it after they left the White House.
Recent fighting between Shiite militia and Iraqi troops highlighted severe, lingering problems for the U.S.-trained forces, including tactical and logistical issues and desertion. Even more grave, evidence points to executions of detained militiamen by some of the security forces.
A lot of smart, accomplished kids are getting disappointing news this week as the nation's top colleges and universities are accepting record low numbers of applicants. The unlucky students are caught up in a simple numbers game: The class of '08 is one of the largest ever.
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, reported US$109 million (NZ$138m) in income on their tax returns from 2000 to 2007, aides said today.
Clinton, under... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Apr 2008 | 10:05 pm
The opposition has claimed victory for its candidate. The ruling party says there will be a runoff, though the electoral commission hasn't released results from the presidential polls. Meanwhile, government forces Thursday raided opposition party offices and detained foreign journalists in Harare.
Most Kenyans are taking great pride that a first-generation Kenyan American has advanced so far in the Democratic nominating process. If elected, they expect he'll do great things -- in the United States and in Kenya.
Superdelegate Ron Sims is the county executive of King County, Wash., which includes Seattle and Microsoft's hometown, Redmond. It's a big job, and a politically difficult one -- especially for an African American backing Hillary Clinton in state Barack Obama won handily.
The latest federal jobs report shows significant losses in industries highly populated by immigrants, both legal and illegal. That means even more people have been lining up at day labor centers, despite fewer opportunities for work.
Employers have shed jobs for three straight months, more evidence that the economy could be contracting. While the pace of layoffs is not as sharp as in previous recessions, the combination of rising food and energy prices, along with the real estate downturn, has employers very cautious.
For the first time, China"s new sovereign-wealth fund publicly pledges more transparency to allay fears that it will be a strategic threat. Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports on 60 Minutes Sunday.
LONDON - Two teenagers were detained today after admitting they killed a man in a row over a discarded chocolate bar.
Evren Anil, 23, died from serious head injuries after being punched to the ground after confronting the pair,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Apr 2008 | 8:30 pm
HARARE - Zimbabwe's ruling party has backed President Robert Mugabe to fight an expected runoff vote against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, ending uncertainty over whether he would try to extend his long grip on power.
A... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Apr 2008 | 8:13 pm
North Korea cut off dialogue with South Korea yesterday, claiming the peninsula was on the brink of another war.
North Korea also accused South Korea of driving their relationship to "confrontation and catastrophe". The country... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Apr 2008 | 7:15 pm
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth's 86-year-old husband Prince Philip has been taken to hospital with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said today.
The blunt-talking prince, who the palace said was working from his hospital bed, has... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Apr 2008 | 7:00 pm
A presidential runoff between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared certain after the ruling party said it had agreed to a second round.
A gang of Muslim fanatics discussed "sacrificing" their wives and babies by taking them on an alleged suicide bombing mission to blow up transatlantic jets, a court has heard. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 4 Apr 2008 | 6:23 pm
An empty flat was bought for cash by the alleged conspirators to be used as a "bomb factory", the jury was told. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 4 Apr 2008 | 6:18 pm
Nineteen people including two children were killed yesterday when a Russian-built aeroplane on a domestic flight crashed in the former Dutch colony of Suriname.
The twin engine Antonov 28 belonged to Blue Wing Airlines, a small... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Apr 2008 | 6:15 pm
A tense standoff at a cemetery ended with gunfire early this morning. Officers shoot a man who tried to escape by ramming cars; he is suspected of killing his wife hours earlier at a roller rink.
In a tense standoff at a cemetery that ended early this morning, Glendale police officers shot and wounded a man suspected in the shooting death of his wife hours earlier at a Los Angeles roller rink, authorities said.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- A remote-controlled submarine scouring the shipwrecked remains of an Australian warship has revealed new clues to a World War II battle that cost more than 700 lives. But the mystery persists: What caused Australia's worst maritime tragedy?... Source: AP Top International News At 8:46 a... | 4 Apr 2008 | 5:40 pm
The United States intends to send many more combat forces to Afghanistan next year, regardless of whether troop levels in Iraq are cut further this year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.
Chinese state media says new violence has broken out in a volatile Tibetan region, leaving at least one government official seriously injured. An overseas Tibet activist group said eight people were killed.
The 8-year-old and his family, visiting from their home in the Philippines, had been in the U.S. for only a few hours when they were struck in an Old Pasadena crosswalk.
An 8-year-old boy remained hospitalized this morning in critical condition after he and his parents were struck by a vehicle in an Old Pasadena crosswalk Thursday night, authorities said.
The Magic Kingdom is, of course, our first love. It's a marvelous world of fantasy which transforms us back into wide-eyed children as we walk up Main Street. We postponed...
It came blasting out of the air at Fenway yesterday, but it wasn't a wayward baseball that vrashed down on a visiting schoolgirl - it was an attacking hawk.
The...
AP - Armed police prevented opposition lawyers from entering Zimbabwe's High Court on Saturday to lodge an urgent suit aiming to force the publication of presidential election results.
AP - The White House said Saturday it does not expect President Bush's weekend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to produce a deal for a missile defense system the U.S. wants to place in Europe.
Reuters - Talks between U.S. President George
W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to
head in the "right direction" and lead toward signing of a
"strategic framework," the White House said on Saturday.
Zimbabwe's opposition leader fears that President Robert Mugabe is preparing a "war against the people" in his bid to hold on to power.
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he never has sought the spotlight, instead living by his parents' axiom of achieving success by keeping his head down and working hard.
Reuters - A Zimbabwe court postponed a legal bid
by the opposition to force the release of presidential election
results on Saturday, after the electoral commission asked for
more time to prepare its response.
AFP - French President Nicholas Sarkozy stepped up the pressure on China Saturday over its handling of the Tibet crisis by warning he may boycott the Olympic opening, following fresh violence.
AP - Kevin Love likes watching videos of classic basketball games nearly as much as the UCLA freshman likes playing in them. He's seen a tape of the 1973 NCAA championship game, when Bill Walton and the Bruins played Memphis and calls it "very special."
AP - After getting the bad end of his own ax in a fight, a bloodied villain limps alone in a stark desert. Mathieu Amalric stumbles to the red, rocky ground. "CUT!" rings loudly from the set of the 22nd James Bond film.
AP - Kaku Yamanaka, Japan's oldest person, has died of old age in central Japan, officials said Saturday. She was 113.
AP - How much can one state take? In the past two months, Arkansas has suffered through a tornado outbreak that killed 13, a foot of snow, a foot of rain and near-record flooding.
How much can one state take? In the past two months, Arkansas has suffered through a tornado outbreak that killed 13, a foot of snow, a foot of rain and near-record flooding.
President Bush celebrated NATO's expansion into former communist territory on Saturday and urged further enlargement, highlighting differences with Moscow.
New violence has broken out in a volatile Tibetan region of western China, leaving eight people dead, an overseas Tibet activist group said Friday.
Child welfare officials and state troopers have removed a busload of children from a secretive Texas religious retreat built by polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.